External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3545	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3073	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2961	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2621
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2691	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2639	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2529	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3073
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3100	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3142	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2984	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3016
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3015	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3102	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3112	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2908
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3183	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3124	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3314	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3199
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3207	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3155	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2948	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3056
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2921	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2986

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease